The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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(Cite as: 15C V.S.A. § 609)
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§ 609. Adjudication of parentage based on genetic testing
(a)(1) If genetic testing results pursuant to section 604 of this title exclude a person as the genetic parent of a child, the court shall find that person
is not a genetic parent of the child and may not adjudicate the person as the child’s
parent on the basis of genetic testing.
(2) If genetic testing results pursuant to section 604 of this title identify a person as the genetic parent of a child, the court shall find that person
to be the genetic parent and may adjudicate the person as the child’s parent, unless
otherwise provided by this title.
(3) Subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection do not apply if the results of genetic
testing are admitted for the purpose of rebutting results of other genetic testing.
(b) If the court finds that genetic testing pursuant to section 604 of this title neither identifies nor excludes a person as the genetic parent of a child, the court
shall not dismiss the proceeding. In that event, the results of genetic testing and
other evidence are admissible to adjudicate the issue of parentage, including testimony
relating to the sexual conduct of the person who gave birth to the child but only
if it is alleged to have occurred during a time when conception of the child was probable. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)